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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 548063" data-attributes="member: 96"><p>Granted. It's also the least attractive of the high arcana to my mind - gives a rather low damage output for the spell you give up.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not really keyed to any school to my mind - and an archmage with this and not Improved Counterspell is a fool. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The fact that they are valuable to transmuters and enchanters does not diminish their usefulness to evokers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's also nice to never have to prepare it - sort of like an improved spell mastery. Again, this is a big one on personal choice, and doesn't favor any school.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We have 2 out of 9 that are evocation-focused and 5 more that are just as good for evocation as they are for any other school.</p><p></p><p>Compared to the other schools - most of which have no high arcana that are focused towards them, and some of which can only make minimal use of the existing arcana (divination comes to mind), I think my assessment is more than fair: Evokers get more from Archmage than other caster types.</p><p></p><p>Now, back to my <em>original</em> point, before it gets lost in everyone trying to defend the Archmage as it stands:</p><p></p><p>Anyone got any good ideas for Conjuration-related Arcana?</p><p></p><p>J</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 548063, member: 96"] Granted. It's also the least attractive of the high arcana to my mind - gives a rather low damage output for the spell you give up. Not really keyed to any school to my mind - and an archmage with this and not Improved Counterspell is a fool. The fact that they are valuable to transmuters and enchanters does not diminish their usefulness to evokers. It's also nice to never have to prepare it - sort of like an improved spell mastery. Again, this is a big one on personal choice, and doesn't favor any school. We have 2 out of 9 that are evocation-focused and 5 more that are just as good for evocation as they are for any other school. Compared to the other schools - most of which have no high arcana that are focused towards them, and some of which can only make minimal use of the existing arcana (divination comes to mind), I think my assessment is more than fair: Evokers get more from Archmage than other caster types. Now, back to my [i]original[/i] point, before it gets lost in everyone trying to defend the Archmage as it stands: Anyone got any good ideas for Conjuration-related Arcana? J [/QUOTE]
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